Swine Flu...

[Stephen]

WTF?

MEXICAN FLU?


how is that better?

[kronus]

i wonder what god would think if a jew got swine flu.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ieHZRubAS3lyjn2GBiCPkXkHrXwwD97QROAG0

[bejbis]

i wonder what god would think if a jew got swine flu.

Same old shit from the media, drumming up a bunch of shit to scare people.

[Hallen]

I wonder if there have been a study to compare our immune system now compared to one of 50 years ago.... seems like people nowdays turn to drugs for every little thing and get sick more often....

Yeah, they do, and maybe that isn't the best thing to be doing. Ever notice how a doc won't give you antibiotics for a sinus infection until you've had it for at least a week or 10 days? They used to give it out like candy until the infections got immune to all the antibiotics. Fucking morons that don't finish taking their prescriptions...

Anyway, ever think that medical care fucking sucked back in 1918? People were more hardy? Maybe, but they also had nothing to treat with and they didn't understand disease nearly as well as today (and also maybe because the weak died off young because of lack of medical care). Also, people were frequently undernourished and often missing important parts of the diet.

An epidemic could still happen given the right stuff, but I seriously doubt swine flu is it. To label it as a potential pandemic is just a tad premature.

[Jean]

I wonder if there have been a study to compare our immune system now compared to one of 50 years ago.... seems like people nowdays turn to drugs for every little thing and get sick more often....

[Jand3rson]

I just think the media blows this shit way out of proportion. They did the same thing with avian flu and west nile.

Media hype or not, it still happened. Our immune system hasn't evolved to the point that something like this couldn't wipe out a seriously huge amount of peope.

I'm not saying it will happen with this one, but it could.

[nickpdx]

A friend of a friend has been in Mexico City and picked it up...mostly over it now, was just like a really bad case of a typical flu

Not worried about it...blown out of proportion by the media like everything else. IF it starts killing off mass amounts of people that aren't elderly, immuno-compromised, or in third world countries, then I'll start worrying...

[Jon325i]

There have only been like 100 deaths worldwide. When we reach 10000 it's time to worry.

I agree. The media is just spinning this story to unnecessary levels. Sure its srsbznz, but things are that bad. When whole communities start dropping like flies then I'll get worried.

There were two people in my city that were confirmed to have this swine flu, but both were deemed mild cases and these infected people are expected to be ok in a few days.

Jon

[e30s52]

I'm just coming off a rediculous flu, started about 5 days ago. Don't know if it's swine but i've never been so sick in my life.

Yeah I had that about a month ago. Probably the sickest I have ever been sense I got out of the hospital. That was the worst 3 months of my life.

[SamE30e]

I'm just coming off a rediculous flu, started about 5 days ago. Don't know if it's swine but i've never been so sick in my life.

[equate975]

There have only been like 100 deaths worldwide. When we reach 10000 it's time to worry.

Maybe you should worry about stuffing your face with a double cheese burger.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/24/health/24obese.html

Outdated yes, but my point still stands.

OMG 100 people died oh crap!! We are all dead!!! Seriously, this is just some more over hyped shit. Bird flu omg! Salminla omg! DID I MENTION WE ARE OUT OF CHICKEN!!!!

Seriously, I bet more people die from fucking diarrhea than this thing has killed.

I can't believe people buy into this "the sky is falling" bullshit when theres things that are 43838x more deadly floating around that no one could give a crap about.

[rhett325i]

Have you guys seen all those people wearing blue masks to try to thwart the swine flu? I found the perfect one to use:

[Pinepig]

Pigs have no personality, thus I don't dig on swine.

Fuck you.;)

[shiftbmw]

There have only been like 100 deaths worldwide. When we reach 10000 it's time to worry.